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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/04/26

Which “blind” are we talking about?

Who wants to talk about blindness? Not very many people and I can’t say that I blame anyone particularly. As someone who has worn glasses all my consci0us life blindness is a touch too close to my lived experience for me to be really happy talking about it. But, sometimes it comes up and talking […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Sunday, Year A / blind, blindness, Emmaus, Emmaus road, preaching, spiritual gifts Leave a Comment

2018/10/28

You don’t have to be blind

No one chooses to be blind. Well there was that one character in a middling-bad science fiction book who intentionally blinded himself to concentrate on science but a) he’s fictional; and, b) that’s dumb. But, does everyone choose to see? We are looking at the Gospel lesson for this Sunday, Mark 10:46-52, which is the […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Sunday, Year B / Bartimaeus, blind, blindness, healing, Mark, preaching, see, seeing, sermon Leave a Comment

2017/04/30

Not willfully blind, just blind

We are all pretty certain that we see what is in front of us. It is a certainty that stands us in good stead almost all the time. However, there is always a “however” when you are talking about sermons, there are times when we don’t see what is plainly in front of us. The […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / blind, Emmaus, eyes, eyesight, motorcycles, preaching Leave a Comment

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